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Tonight’s NHL Debuts
Via a quick review of the team rosters – not game notes:
Washington Capitals vs. Boston Bruins – none
Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Montreal – none
Toronto – Carl Gunnarson, Jay Rosehill, Viktor Stålberg
San Jose Sharks vs. Colorado Avalanche
San Jose – BENN FERRIERO!!!!!, Jason Demers
Colorado Avalanche – Matt Duchene, Ryan O’Reilly
Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary Flames
Vancouver – Sergei Shirokov
Calgary – John Armstrong
May they all have great debuts – limited a bit for the Toronto kids (Go Habs Go!) and the Colorado kids.
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston Bruins
In honor of my first chance to watch NHL hockey on tv this year (old tv went kaput on the weekend; replacement delivered today), a random player from each of the teams on NHL Network tonight:
Okay, choosing Brad Marchand is not that random – despite my feelings regarding Team Canada, he’s one of those kids that makes you feel their joy in playing hockey (probably helps that he won most, if not all, the games I covered at the 2007 WJC in Sweden & 2008 WJC in the Czech Republic) and as part of that has an expressive face and reacts to play so is fun to watch and/or shoot:
Viktor Stålberg went pro after his junior year with the University of Vermont Catamounts who made it to the Frozen Four last year (Stålberg was a Hobey Baker Award finalist).